who is the resident mac guru here at macrumors?

[jefhatfield]

my vote goes to alphatech, a certified mac tech, but he left to start his own techie site

spikey knew macs but he got kicked off

i get a lot from krossfyter, engisn paris, king cobra, macbandit, blakespot, and many others

so who do you vote for as the resident mac guru/mac genius/techie?

[Mr. Anderson]

There are different types of mac gurus - are you just refering to all hardware? Of software as well?

D

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by dukestreet
There are different types of mac gurus - are you just refering to all hardware? Of software as well?

D

i was thinking hardware troubleshooter, web designer, graphic designer, and avatar maker...so you are on my short list ;)

i also like the "zoolander" avatars:p

ps...i just saw zoolander a couple of weeks ago on video and before the movie, i had no idea what those zoolander avatars were about, but now i know...the magnum pose and the "walk-off" judged by david bowie...too funny:D

[peterjhill]

I think that there is a pretty good knowledge base that visits the site. Your criteria is interesting. It seems to be application focused. IMNSHO I probably have some of the best Networking knowledge as well as a strong terminal.app know-how, since that is what I deal with. My web page creation is limited to vi and text-edit, since I have little need for that knowledge. Ambitious Lemon's site is pretty damn nice. I am also an Excel wiz, I love clever formulae.

[arn]

I agree with peter that there is a broad base on knowledge that visits the site.

I actually think the low-posters who only frequent the Main page and article discussions are probably more diverse.

It's nice to these these people step up when their area of knowledge comes up - such as when articles on audio apps, printing/design come up.

As for the "resident" mac guru... I suppose they would have to visit all parts of the site... I'll let you all fight it out...

arn

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by peterjhill
I think that there is a pretty good knowledge base that visits the site. Your criteria is interesting. It seems to be application focused. IMNSHO I probably have some of the best Networking knowledge as well as a strong terminal.app know-how, since that is what I deal with. My web page creation is limited to vi and text-edit, since I have little need for that knowledge. Ambitious Lemon's site is pretty damn nice. I am also an Excel wiz, I love clever formulae.

if you read tcp/ip stuff and love to subnet class c addresses instead of look at the SI swimsuit issue, then you would prolly be a networking guru

or if you carry a rj-45 crimper with you and have routers in your house just for the heck of it

or if you have copies of enterprise server in your glove compartment:D ;) :p

[Rower_CPU]

Not sure there is an "all around" guru.

I may be the only tech here now, so I win that one by default. ;)

But we definitely have a very diverse and multitalented readership here. :)

[mischief]

from OS 8 up anyway..... doing it for a living for the general public will do that...

So for a Generalist I suppose I could be in the running.:confused:

[King Cobra]

jef, glad to see you got my vote, but...

I have no idea what a "guru" is! :D :rolleyes:

Actually, I think the right questions have been popping up for me to answer anyways... :p

Alpha would probably be the lead tech. in assistance, but you'll have to visit the Pub to have some more advanced questions effeciently answered now.

[mac15]

I used to be pretty good with OS9 , but since OSX and unix is around I'm an am

[Durandal7]

Depends on what kind of guru.
I have become pretty good with UNIX, I am a somewhat of a network geek. I'm good with Photoshop. I guess I'm just an all around techie.

I guess I could be the resident Game Engine guru ;)

[peterjhill]

Originally posted by jefhatfield


if you read tcp/ip stuff and love to subnet class c addresses instead of look at the SI swimsuit issue, then you would prolly be a networking guru

or if you carry a rj-45 crimper with you and have routers in your house just for the heck of it

or if you have copies of enterprise server in your glove compartment:D ;) :p

If you can come up with a host mask (for Cisco access lists) from the subnet mask without thinking.

If you know the difference between tcp and udp, and why there is a difference

If you know the difference between pim sparse-mode and pim dense-mode (and pim sparse-dense mode)

If you know what 'nmap -sP 0.0.0.0/0' will do (and don't do it)

If you can figure out the base address and broadcast address knowing only a host address and a subnet mask

Just a few more...

[evildead]

Alph Tech has helped me a few times. I dont post Mac questions here that muchand fewer yet of those get answred, but if any one at all can answer them here... its Alph. I think a few of you others have helped me out in the past.. but I just cant remember. I sepend most of my time in the Fourms in the help section. I help when I can. I am a UNIX system admin. network admin, Computer science student, and long time Mac user. I dont know if Im a GURU but ... I know some stuff

[jelloshotsrule]

as folks have said, there's people for every occasion

unix folks, network folks, porn folks, publishing folks, video folks, 3D folks, animation folks, porn folks, programming folks, republican folks, democrat folks, free thinking folks, porn folks. etc etc

alpha did answer the most questions in general, yeah

[big]

I can not answer a majority of Unix problems, so in OSX I'm a baby...I did have all previous OS's figured out, and could do a lot of those kind of troublshooting.

apparantly I am the only on in the office that knows anything more than the term "mouse" & "keyboard" around here, so when needing 9.x help, call!

[G5orbust]

Im pretty knowlageable for only being 14 years old and was barely learning to walk when most of you guys were crusing on ur 512Ks and your Apple 2 series computers. Feel free to concurr or disagree with me.

[Tiauguinho]

Originally posted by jelloshotsrule
as folks have said, there's people for every occasion

unix folks, network folks, porn folks, publishing folks, video folks, 3D folks, animation folks, porn folks, programming folks, republican folks, democrat folks, free thinking folks, porn folks. etc etc


:) hehehehhehehehe! Gladly, I don't belong to that "porn folks" group! But it is funny that you mentioned them 3 times!!! Are you one jello? No offense itended, of course... :)

[King Cobra]

Just take a look at Mr. Easy's avatar... :D :eek: :p

[jelloshotsrule]

what does it even mean that i'm "easy"?

please.. if anything i have to freaking pay people to... "have me"

your effort at a nickname doesn't fit here.



everything computer based involves porn. or leads to porn

hence the reason i'm forming the (insert state name here) I.P.

[neilt]

i'm a certified tech, but i don't know if i have answered very many questions on this site.

Been a certified tech since 99 and am working on both actc, and acsa. Used to do graphic design and prepress for a small newspaper and now lead a team of 5 certified techs who provide server and desktop support to the NHGRI.

I do know that in some of my earlier posts, i corrected some errors that Alphatech posted....although he never admited to being wrong :p

maybe i should hang out in the help section more, but when you do it all day long, you sometimes don't want to do it in the evening.

if you got a problem you can't figure out, run it by me and either I or one of my team can get it answered.

neilt

[Mr. Anderson]

Originally posted by neilt
the NHGRI

What's that?

[neilt]

Originally posted by dukestreet


What's that?

The National Human Genome Research Institute
Part of the National Institutes of Health over in Bethesda, MD

It is the govt. agency that is mapping the human genome/dna and working on cures for things like Parkinson's, Diabetes, Cancer, etc.


Duke, i remember a post long ago when you were telling me about your new subaru.......i just bought a car with a similar engine to yours....

[FerrisWorld]

I consider myself pretty handy at the wheel of anything from system 7 up to 10.2, and system 6 is really easy to play around with, if you must. I'm prolly not quite up to par with some of the other dudes on here though. Anyway, I've been thinking about setting up as a sort of Macintosh Consultant and troubleshooter, especially since there is no one around where I live right now who does it. I'm trying to decide if I should just advertise myself in the paper, or try to hook up with some of the little PC stores around here. Anyone have any suggestions?

[neilt]

Originally posted by FerrisWorld
I'm trying to decide if I should just advertise myself in the paper, or try to hook up with some of the little PC stores around here. Anyone have any suggestions?

look into MacDirectory or http://consultants.apple.com/ (although it is kinda spendy) to get your name out. Where do you live? There may be other good resources in your area, but I can't help you if I don't know where you are.

neilt

[jefhatfield]

Originally posted by neilt
i'm a certified tech, but i don't know if i have answered very many questions on this site.

Been a certified tech since 99
neilt

i have been a tech, too since 99 and certified since 2000, but i can't help anybody on these boards since i work for the DARK SIDE

but like the pc techie on the switch commercial, i come home to a mac;)

[mischief]

Originally posted by neilt
i'm a certified tech, but i don't know if i have answered very many questions on this site.

Been a certified tech since 99 and am working on both actc, and acsa. Used to do graphic design and prepress for a small newspaper and now lead a team of 5 certified techs who provide server and desktop support to the NHGRI.


neilt

I bought the training kit from Apple's web store and it cost me $300.00. When I got into reading the course description it said that the 2 tests themselves cost $150.00 each but made no mention of a separate cost for the training materials. So is the total cost $600.00 or have I already paid by purchasing the kit??? Apple ain't exactly clear on the subject and the Apple Phone service folks are clueless on the subject..... :confused:

[neilt]

Originally posted by mischief


I bought the training kit from Apple's web store and it cost me $300.00. When I got into reading the course description it said that the 2 tests themselves cost $150.00 each but made no mention of a separate cost for the training materials. So is the total cost $600.00 or have I already paid by purchasing the kit??? Apple ain't exactly clear on the subject and the Apple Phone service folks are clueless on the subject..... :confused:

Unfortunately.....yes, the tests are not included with the training materials. The test is held at a Prometric training/testing facility, I think Sylvan learning does them (don't hold me to that though).

The worst part of the test is that you have to take it on a PC. How f'ed up is that. In order to become an Apple Certified Tech, you need to pass a test on a PC. :rolleyes:

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Wait till you try to do some of the ACTC or ACSA. They don't provide training other than classes. Each class runs around $2500 + 150 for the test.


neilt

[mischief]

Originally posted by neilt


Unfortunately.....yes, the tests are not included with the training materials. The test is held at a Prometric training/testing facility, I think Sylvan learning does them (don't hold me to that though).

The worst part of the test is that you have to take it on a PC. How f'ed up is that. In order to become an Apple Certified Tech, you need to pass a test on a PC. :rolleyes:

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Wait till you try to do some of the ACTC or ACSA. They don't provide training other than classes. Each class runs around $2500 + 150 for the test.


neilt

SUCK!! I'm not sure if I would have spent the $$ if I'd known up front it was only half the cost! Well, thanx for clearing that up at least.:(:)

ACTC/ACSA? Apple Care What and Huh? Is that the "So you wanna fix your own machines ?" deal?

[Zenith]

I concider myself an allround techie. I know lots when it comes to;

• Audio/MIDI and applications such as Logic
• Webdesign, design, layout, illustration; Photoshop, Quark, InDesign, Illustrator, DreamWeaver and Flash/Actionscript
• OS 9/OS X, and some Unix
• Hardware

And i know quite much, but not that much when it comes to;

• 3D, Cinema XL
• Networking

And I don't know ***** about;

• Programming
• Scripting
• Cooking..
• Rollerblading...
• etc... :p

But I think I'm an above average techie/closet-nerd. ;)

[neilt]

Originally posted by mischief


ACTC/ACSA? Apple Care What and Huh? Is that the "So you wanna fix your own machines ?" deal?


From Apple.com/iservices

Apple Certified Technical Coordinator
This certification is ideal for Mac OS X power users, entry-level system administrators, IT professionals, and technical coordinators who provide help desk support to Mac OS X users. In addition to user support, these professionals maintain the Mac OS X Server platform.

The new Apple course that will prepare a candidate for the ACTC Mac OS X v10.2 certification exam is
Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server Essentials course (available October 2002)
Apple Certified System Administrator
This certification is designed for full-time professional system administrators and engineers managing medium-to-large networks of Mac systems in demanding and relatively complex multiplatform deployments.

The new Apple courses that will prepare a candidate for the ACSA Mac OS X v10.2 certification exams are:
Mac OS X Administration and Integration course

Mac OS X Server Administration and Integration course

Elective courses:
* Mac OS X Client Management 10.2 course
* QuickTime Streaming v 4.1 course
* WebObjects Deployment 5.2 course

[FerrisWorld]

the closest mac place I know of is AVC computers in Roseville, and Comp USA in Roseville. And AVC is weird, they like, do web design, but they service macs, I dunno... There a lot of little PC stores that are pretty close to here, but no Mac ones, so I think I'd be like the only mac guy around really. I'm also prolly moving to LA soon with some friends, and I was looking at that Job opening for the Mac Genious at the one in the grove. Not sure they'll take without me having prior experience somewhere else though. From what it says on the job description I think I have just about everything otherwise.